In 2025, fire departments serving Alexandria Bay responded to 28 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Aircraft standby lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 96% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
164 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 26 | — | |
| 2022 | 52 | +100.0% | |
| 2023 | 41 | -21.2% | |
| 2024* | 17 | — | |
| 2025 | 28 | — |
* Well below Alexandria Bay's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 0 building fires Alexandria Bay departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 1 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 100.0% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Alexandria Bay mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 1 | 100.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Alexandria Bay sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 17 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 567 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 76 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Smoking | 75 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 68 | 30.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 66 | 21.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 22.0 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 29 | 41.0 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 23 | 31.5 mi | |
| 1992 | Smoking | 21 | 32.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 | 35.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 | 32.3 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13607 | 164 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Alexandria Bay. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Alexandria Bay.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.